User:Mnordee2/Exercises

Article Evaluation
Gravity Falls Article: Relates to Mythology because the show includes mythological creatures

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Yes Is there anything that distracted you? No Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? No What else could be improved? More detailed description of the plot and more episodes

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? neutral Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? no Check a few citations. Do the links work? yes Does the source support the claims in the article? yes Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? nonbiased What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? names vs. nicknames of the characters How is the article rated? c-class Is it a part of any WikiProjects? yes: Oregon, Disney, animation, American television How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? the talk page was funny, people were joking around a bit

Article Selection
Mythology Stubs

Article 1  Earth-Maker Myth Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes Is it written neutrally? Yes Does each claim have a citation? Only one source Are the citations reliable? yes
 * Article 2 Ethiopian Pegasus

Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes Is it written neutrally? Yes Does each claim have a citation? Only one source Are the citations reliable? Yes
 * Article 3 Hooded Spirits

Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes Is it written neutrally? Yes Does each claim have a citation? No Are the citations reliable? Yes — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnordee2 (talk • contribs) 19:57, 11 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Mnordee2 these are all very interesting choices, I'm looking forward to seeing which direction you're going in! From now on, work in the sandbox (this is the sandbox's talk page), we can go over this in person to make sure you're all caught up. Gardneca (talk) 08:15, 12 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Mnordee2 your last two exercises ("Add a Citation" and "Finalize your Topic") are overdue. Please complete them ASAP, as you're supposed to be drafting your article this week. Gardneca (talk) 02:47, 29 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Gardneca I tried to complete the citation exercise, just now, but I'm worried I did it wrong. I wasn't sure if I just copy and pasted the "Hooded Spirits" stub to my sandbox or if I did that right...? I added a couple of facts from one source, though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnordee2 (talk • contribs) 10:03, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

= More Exercises/Drafts =

Hooded Spirits
The Hooded Spirits or Genii Cucullati are figures found in religious sculpture across the Romano-Celtic region from Britain to Pannonia, depicted as "cloaked scurrying figures carved in an almost abstract manner" (Henig, 62). They are found with a particular concentration in the Rhineland (Hutton). In Britain they tend to be found in a triple deity form, which seems to be specific to the British representations (De la Bedoyère).

The Genii Cucullati often accompany the goddess Deae Matress or Dea Matrona in a particular pattern. Sometimes, the "Hooded Spirits" accompany a goddess named Cuda. Cuda is the goddess of fruitfulness and potential.

The hooded cape was especially associated with Gauls or Celts during the Roman period. The hooded health god was known as Telesphorus specifically and may have originated as a Greco-Gallic syncretism with the Galatians in Anatolia in the 3rd century BC.

The religious significance of these figures is still somewhat unclear, since no inscriptions have been found with them in this British context (De la Bedoyère). There are, however, indications that they may be fertility spirits of some kind. Ronald Hutton argues that in some cases they are carrying shapes that can be seen as eggs, symbolizing life and rebirth, while Graham Webster has argued that the curved hoods are similar in many ways to contemporary Roman curved phallus stones. Certain statues reveal a phallus, instead of a human, underneath the hood. However, several of these figures also seem to carry swords or daggers, and Henig discusses them in the context of warrior cults.

Guy de la Bédoyère also warns against reading too much in to size differences or natures in the figures, which have been used to promote theories of different roles for the three figures, arguing that at the skill level of most of the carvings, small differences in size are more likely to be hit-or-miss consequences, and pointing out that experimental archaeology has shown hooded figures to be one of the easiest sets of figures to carve.